Legal Question in Military Law in Oklahoma

My son went awol

My son was granted a leave of absence for three days to atend a funeral, he is in boot camp in the army and has only been in for about six weeks, while in training he has been suffering severe panic attacks which he has had since childhood, he has been going to cmhs and they took his weapon from him and made him a Phyc appt for mid october, while home for the funeral he has been extremely unstable and has had several major panic attacks and has been treated by two differant Md,s who both recommended that he recieve a extended leave of absence until seen by a phyc. The commander at his base did not care even after recieving phone conversations with both Mds and faxed onfo from both Mds and is now considered Awol he is under heavy sedation with prescribed medications and is very mentally unstable and Im very concerned and do not know what to do Please help me as soon as you can with your advise.


Asked on 10/02/07, 9:31 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys
John K. Harris Attorney at Law

Re: My son went awol

Your son needs to return to military control immediately. He should have support during this difficult time. He can contact me if he needs help.

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Answered on 10/03/07, 9:22 am
Anthony DeWitt Bartimus, Frickleton Robertson & Gorny, PC

Re: My son went awol

This is a situation that can only get worse the longer he stays away. He needs to surrender to military control with letters from the doctors and he needs to ask for psychiatric evaluation.

Commanders in boot camp see every excuse in the world, and they are jaded. They are not likely to care about what a civilian doctor says. They only accept determinations by military doctors. The sooner he gets back to the military the sooner he can get seen and evaluated. If he stays gone more than 30 days it becomes desertion and it gets REALLY serious at that point.

Have your son return to military control right away.

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Answered on 10/02/07, 10:15 pm


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